Japan Condemned Over Executions
3rd August 2012
Hattori was convicted of attacking and raping a 19-year-old student who was cycling home from college in January 2002. He set her on fire while she was still conscious, killing her. Hattori was on parole after being sentenced for a violent robbery.
Matsumura killed his 57-year-old aunt and his 72-year-old grand uncle in separate attacks in January 2007 and stole their money.
Sound like good calls to me. At least they don’t charge the families for the cost of the pistol bullet, as I’m told the Red Chinese do.
Amnesty International says there are around 130 death-row inmate in Japan at imminent risk of execution. It says the secretive nature of the system means they may spend every day on death row fearing they could be killed at any time.
I have no problem with that.
France urged Japan to restore a moratorium on its use of the death penalty following the executions.
Doesn’t seem to me like any of France’s business. They don’t have a Frog in this fight, to coin a phrase.
“France calls on Japan to follow the path of the 140 countries who have, in law or in practice, ended capital punishment by re-establishing its de facto moratorium while it continues a national debate on the future of the death penalty,” a French foreign ministry spokesman said.
Well, let’s just compare France’s murder rate with Japan’s. (Don’t forget to include the multicultural immigrants, which Japan has had the wisdom to keep out.) Looks like France has 1.35 per 100k while Japan has 0.45 — perhaps the Japanese know something that the French don’t?
August 3rd, 2012 at 13:05
A liberal acquaintance of mine was rambling on about how all the cool kids on the international block had abolished the “barbaric” practice of capital punishment, save the United States, and that fact made us less civilized.
I said it actually made us more civilized, for a number of reasons I intended to get to in a moment, but first I asked her to explain Japan.
“Japan doesn’t have the death penalty.”
“Yes, it does.”
“I don’t believe it.”
“Nevertheless.”
Later, I forwarded her a link to a newspaper article about an execution that had just taken place in Japan; her only rejoinder was “they sure like to keep it quiet, don’t they? I wonder why?” with a sarcastic “smiley” pasted after this.
Follow the liberal logic: Japan doesn’t make a big deal about it, and that’s somehow a bad thing.
“Don’t forget to include the multicultural immigrants, which Japan has had the wisdom to keep out.”
But, but, but…Diversity is strength! Just ask Detroit! C’mon man, you just gotta get with the Narrative.